Which to use
“Davis” is a name and “devise” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,491
- “Davis” frequency rank
- #7,050
- “devise” frequency rank
- 13541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Davis | devise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille anglophone. | Figure accompagnée d’une phrase exprimant d’une manière allégorique et brève quelque pensée, quelque sentiment. |
Letter map: Davis vs devise
Shared letters muted; letters that set Davis and devise apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Davis / devise
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Davis is aname and deviseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Davis is recorded at frequency rank #6,491, classified as aname. devise is at rank #7,050, tagged as anoun, pronounced \də.viz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13541, this pair ranks #400,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Davis vs devise
Shared letters: disv. Private to "Davis": a. Private to "devise": e.
"Davis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "devise" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Davis" for "devise" ever safe?
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What to do next
You've compared "Davis" and "devise". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Davis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "devise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Davis" and "devise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "devins vs devise". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #400,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.